I'll make this as simple as I can.
Man of Steel has not even been released yet and people are proclaiming it to be the best movie of all time, or at the very least, best movie of the year. This, despite the fact that 99% of us haven't seen it yet.
What's more... I'm reading a lot of Marvel hate. Suddenly, it seems like Marvel has no good movies. There is only DC and only Superman. It's just a given that the recent "Dark Knight" trilogy was divinely bestowed upon us.
I love Superman. He's my number one. So that's my perspective coming into this article.
There is no reason why Marvel and DC cannot co-exist. Marvel can produce good movies and DC can as well. And in the end, we all win because we get good movies. So there's no need to bash films for no reason.
Iron Man 3. Personally, I loved it. I had trouble with the Mandarin "reveal", but in the context of the trilogy, I felt it worked. What I find incredible is the amount of hatred that's being spewed against this film. It's like, according to some, Marvel dropped the ball and all of a sudden they're as bad as Fox. Have we all forgotten Green Lantern? (I so badly wanted it to be good...)
If you want to penalize the film because of the Mandarin, how about Dark Knight Rises? Bane was a puppet to Talia. Batman retired. And... there's so much more I can say about that film. But what I find incredible is that the following situation is happening:
Man of Steel looks like it will be the ultimate Superman film.
Suddenly, the "sins" of DC are forgiven and forgotten.
Iron Man 3 has a controversial twist and all of a sudden, Marvel sucks. Forget Cap (which reigns as my favorite CBM), forget Avengers and Thor. Forget all of it. Marvel seemingly sucks.
In the background, we have The Dark Knight Rises. It's just a given that it and the other two films were perfect.
I'll end with this. It's okay for both companies to have good films. This whole either DC sucks or Marvel sucks thing is stupid and petty.
Your thoughts?
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